Sunday, February 8, 2009

Place Your Bets!

Now, don't hold your breath but, the possibility of Coro Coro Comics revealing the identity of the mystery Rockman game in the March issue (coming Feb. 14th or sooner) is very probable. With the contest winner being revealed in the May issue, something has to fill the void between now and then; the announcement.

That said, there are so many possibilities for Rockman's newest title. Many circles are leaning towards the revival of an inactive series such as X or EXE, whilst others believe we'll see a new series or even a crossover of sorts. Care to make a little wager?

I'm leaning towards a new series or "Scramble Battle." If it is a new series, I doubt it'll be a continuation of the EXE/SSR story. Capcom's done an Internet world and a radio wave world - what other type of network do we have? Plus, SSR was already a crossover of sorts, since the Internet and Navis still existed. I don't know how the boss contest fits with "Scramble Battle," though (or whatever they'd call it), unless they put some kind of boss at the end of an adventure mode or something. Well, that's my guess. We'll see soon enough.

It's not a guess as much as it is a hope... I'd like to see EXE come back, if only at least in an SSR crossover.

But I'm fine with any Rockman I guess. If they make yet another new one, they'd better do it right. If we're going to keep saturating the series with new incarnations, they should at least be worth it. :)

Ghoston doesn't fit the themes of the former two, unless they're breaking from tradition. It's most likely a new series by that logic (unless it's Scramble Battle), perhaps one that's been in development hell.

Could be a brand new series, but isn't kinda early to have a new franchise out? i mean we just had StarForce(RnR) out recently, too soon I'd say. My pocket full of change would bet on X, Legends, a crossover series or a new one (which i think is most likely).

@Radix: If you look at it that way, all the series could technically be called dead if they haven't announced a sequel for it. People surely thought Megaman 8 was going to be the last one after they didn't announce a sequel for such a long time. RnR was never concluded officially and if I remember correctly the Zero series could have been continued had it been financially wise. EXE may have given us a glimpse of the future, but that by no means concludes it. (Though it is compelling evidence to suggest current plans are to not continue it. Plans change though.) Legends and X would be considered dead if you were going by the same judgment as the RnR and zero series.

Just a thought. :)

Also, @Anon2: You never know. :) They beat the robot idea to death too. :P

My money is, unfortunately, on a new series. I wish Capcom would stop making new series and give some closure on the old ones first... I'm still hoping for another X, ZX, or Legends. X, because it was my first and favorite series; Legends because a lot of us want Legends 3; and ZX, because it barely scratched the surface of its potential before it died. =(

I could see Ghoston fitting legends... but in all honestly I really think we're overthinking this here. :P Ghoston most resembles an SSR boss to me, and it's the only series that's still alive. (Contrary to what seems to be popular belief, nobody ever said it was concluded officially. Quite the opposite in fact) It makes logical sense that it's just a contest for the next SSR game.

In the past we all assumed the new contest was for EXE games because they either said so or because the context and examples were _____man.exe. Now we're just getting confused because there's nothing really to categorize the MM series that Ghoston goes into.

I agree with the notion that we'll probably see something new, and probably will be another "Hobby-Style" Rockman, at that. (Not trying to be a "hater", but I believe that's the "sub-genre" that EXE/Ryuusei go by.)

Of course, if they REALLY want to make my day? Give me another 2D-platformer. Hell, I'll even be willing to give another Hobby-style another try, if it basically combined 2D, Rockman-style platformer gameplay, with something that could be akin to a "Castlevania: SOTN" type of mechanics for collecting and customization.

^It's a bit confusing: some translations seem to indicate you design a boss and write your preferred Rockman game on the back of the paper--but the design doesn't necessarily need to correspond with your preference.

However, I've spoken with a few individuals believe the design MUST correspond with the preference.

Okay, I just want to say that even though EXE could of ended with 6, specially with the glimpse of the future, that doesn't stop them from making Patch the new main char and just continue it from there. I'd love to see a new EXE,X, or ZX but I'm actually gonna have to say SSR. It just seems to indicate that. But who knows eh?

With regards to the Anon who prefers the EXE JP names... that might be your preference, but Capcom keeping all Japanese names would alienate US players. With all due respect, you're in the minority here.